Bob Dylan

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He is a legend, a genius, an elder statesman of rock and all the rest of it, but Bob Dylan is not a very rewarding performer. Stuck on a stark, undecorated stage at this vast exhibition centre in Glasgow, he and his backing group lounged around with a minimum of fuss in the distance. There were no screens but Dylan was identifiable as the man in the white hat leaning over a microphone. The others wore black hats.

Seating was provided, but the great majority of the audience, some of them in their sixties (like Dylan), elected to stand for